Mumsnet #48 Cherchez la spunk splatter

Status
Thread locked. We start a new thread when they have over 1000 posts, click the blue button to see all threads for this topic and find the latest open thread.
1
CrimsonCountess said:
I’m enjoying the competitive supermarket spending thread. OP spends £1000 a month for a family of 4. There’s a lot of people saying how insane that is, a few saying they spend similar and then you’ve got the ones saying they eat similar to the diet of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and only spend £100 a month for a family of 14

One poster had to drop in that she’s just back from the local farmers market after spending £274 on meat for her professional athlete teenage children
Click to expand...
Sweet chilli and Irnbru sausages? Colour me intrigued.
 
There’s one running at the moment about someone who’s been allocated random seats on EasyJet and they are just queuing up to be vile and snarky about it.

IMG_6208.jpeg


Idk, why are you such a bleep?
 
Galinda said:
This utter fantasist seems to have bought every advent calendar under the sun. Aye course you've got all those hen 🤥

View attachment 3239850 q
Click to expand...

I hate to admit this but last year was the first time that I really became aware of advent calendars. I got completely sucked in, went overboard on the FOMO and ended up buying six! Determined to buy only one this year I somehow find myself with four. I need to stop watching the unboxings on YouTube. I now have enough make-up and skincare to open my own shop. 😱
 
So...there's one of the "magic of Christmas = believing in Santa" threads going now. OP's daughter is 8 and wants an expensive present and has always been told Santa does gifts. She says she's asking Santa because she knows it's expensive so her parents won't have to worry and he can do it. OP is taking this to mean her daughter still believes. To me it sounds like daughter knows fine bleeping well he's not real but if Mum's going to insist on this, hey, why not work it to her advantage. Smart kid.

So now we're on to the "magic of Christmas" stuff which seems to mean doing everything you can to make kids believe in Santa as if it would be an utter disaster and ruin Christmas if they don't. Is this a MN thing or is it more common than that? I don't really know because we never did Santa, my parents weren't into it, and I went to school in a very diverse area where we realised very early on that the Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh kids had other festivals and no Santa. Nobody was distressed by it from what I recall.

I can't help but feel irritated about people contriving ever more ridiculous stories to make kids believe even when they're at an age where they SHOULD be questioning this kind of thing and I honestly don't see why the "magic of Christmas" relies so much on this and Christmas will be totally ruined if the kids have worked it out. It looks to me as though it's actually all about the adults and now even the phrase "magic of Christmas" pisses me off irrationally. But is this a MN thing, or is it wider than that?

I suppose I'm asking... AIBU?
 
Status
Thread locked. We start a new thread when they have over 1000 posts, click the blue button to see all threads for this topic and find the latest open thread.
Back
Top